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THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY

at 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.

The Paramount Greatest Picture Thrill of 1931.

Plenty of Tigers, and Leopards and Orang-Utangs.

RANGO

Paramount

NOT

NOT

a motion picture

theme song...

a band...or phonograph record

bur

death threat...

REAL tigers roaring their REAL bailing for REALLY filmed in

their lives...

the dense jungle

deep in the world's mosi primi tive jangle, and brought to the screen in "Nango”.........

An ERNEST SCHOED-

SACK Production

A Garumount Picture

Stranger than Fiction and ten times more thrilling.

A Great Adventure Picture for both Young and Old.

School Masters may arrange with the management for Special Tickets of Admission at 20 ets, each. for their Pupils to see "RANGO "

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EPIC of FAR-FLUNG BORDERLANDS!

FILMED IN GRAND SCALE

AGAINST NATURE'S OWN

· SCENERY -- A VIBRANT OUTDOOR THRILLER WITH THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE GLAM- ORÖLIS OLD WEST BRING. ING YOU NEW MOTION PICTURE THRILLS!

GREAT OUTDOOR

TALKING CLASSIC

Tired of trite song-dance peruas... heavy drawing room deaths? The you'll wsicone with open arms this stirring beton showed with all

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LROCQUE

The Screen's Lovable Bat Man

His Debonaire. Best in His Grist

ent Screen Station?

BEAU BANDIT

A pvcful departure for the sound scrums

...two-fisted, red-blooded action desma you've waited months to sus?

With DORIS KENYON - MITCHELL LEWIS'

Booking at Anderson's & the Theatre (Tel. 25720)

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FRIDERICK PERCY FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8. Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria Hongkong.

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1931.

GUNNER STEALS

WATCH.

SNATCHED TIN FROM SAMPAN WOMAN.

LENIENT SENTENCE.

KOWLOON MOTOR OFFENCES.

TWO CASES DEALT WITH THIS MORNING.

THE KUOMINTANG. IN MALAYA.

SIR C. CLEMENTI'S ORDER

OVERCOME..

Singapore, May 11.

As a result of the recent visit

Mr. W. R. Hawes, of the Hong- kong Flying Club, appeared be- fore Mr. Hamilton at the Kowloon ĜETS LAWFUL STATUS. Magistracy this morning on a Gunner Gardner, aged 20, of the amena accusing him of having

driven a motor the 20th Heavy Battery, Royal City without a licence, the defen- car in Kowloon Artillery, stationed at Stonecutters dant having been involved in Island, was brought before Mr. fatal motor accident recently.

Minister to China, to Singapore, it Hamilton at the Kowloon Magle

fe announced that a settlement has His Worship understand tracy this morning on a charge

now been reached between the of stealing a silver watch and a key you plead guilty to this summons? | Government of Malaya and the Defendant: Yes, your Worship. Chinese Government regarding, the from the mistress of sampan In Victoria Harbour yesterday.

His Worship:--$25.

status of the Kuomintang here.

of Sir Miles Lampson, British

It appears that the defendant,

A fine of $1 war imposed on Mr. The Kuomintang will not now be together with six other men from F. V. Whitta for leaving his car regarded as an Illegal society so Stonecutters, was

Fairway.

in the Central owing a boat unattended In Canton Rond out-long as it is organized wholly out- On paas-side the Kowloon Godowns. The side Malaya and has no branches craft, ing the complainant's

the defendant said he had taken some in the Straits Settlements. defendant put out his hand and (runks to the godowns in the car While here, Sir Miles had dis- Anatched 11 cigarette tin. The to be placed on board a ship by cussions with Malayan officials on soldiers then went alongside a which bis wife was sailing. the subject, and, the agreement German boat in the harbour, but In imposing the nominal fine, follows a subsequent exchange_of in the meantime the complainnut His Worship said the defendant had reported the theft. to Sergeant had some reason for leaving the Cameron on board a police launch. eur in Canton Road.

The defendant was subsequently pointed out to Sergeant Cameron by the complainant and he instant- ly produced the watch from his pocket. It had been suggested, sakl Detective Sub-Inspector A. H. Els tun, that the defendant thought the tia contained cigarettes and had idea, that there was a watch inside. His Worship-That's all very well. In the first place, he had no right in take the clarettes, and, in the second place, having done it he had no right to put the watch in his parket.

In reply in his

FATAL MOTOR BUS MISHAP.

COOLIE SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES.

notes between Sir Miles and Dr. C. T. Wang, Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs,

It will be recalled that shortly after being appointed Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Cecil Clementi Issued an order making the Kuomintang an illegal society in Malaya,

COLONEL CHRISTIE

ON TRIAL..

(Continued from Pape 1)

Fatal injurles were suffered by coolie, who with a load on his right shoulder screening his view portance that we should

gel

of an approaching bus, was knock on the track of it, if that Can

A careful ex-

ed down by the vehicle in Queen's possibly be done. Worship, the

Road Central, yesterday afternoon.amination of Mr. Christle's effects fe died at the Government Civil might very possibly lead us in the Hospital shortly after admision. desired direction.”

police offere said the woman had suffered no loss, as the articles had

been recovered.

His Worship Why did you do Fit. Gardner?

the L+

Burc

The mishap occurred urar the In reply to the Registrar, Mr. Junction of Queen's Road with Brown added that his request was I'aret Street. The

not connected with civil proceed- bus. uno Gardner:--Sudden temptation,

belonging.

ings. The Registrar, he said, had Hongkong His Worship:-1 am told by your:

Hotel Company, Was proceen-power to order restitution in such officer (present in Court; thist you have a very fair record out here in ing east, when the coalie carrying cases.

Police Powers. this Colony and I am inclined to a box on his right shoulder sudden- think It was not premeditated. I appeared on the roadway from Before the bus think will give you the option of the pavement.

fine of $25. If you can't pay could be pulled up, it had run into by 11 o'clock to-morrow, you will the coolie, who was knocked down have to give yourself up. Please by the frant mudguard. rumember you have been dealt with very teniently, and I hope you will not make a fool of yourself again.

DEATH OF DAVID BELASCO.

The Registrar: I am not that I can grant you such permis sion. It might be better to defer my decision until I have heard the case. What you really want is a search warrant.

a

Mr. Brown: If you think search warrant necessary. ` The effects are already in the posses-

Grimm," "Lord Chumley and prosecution, they can use it.

of

"The_Girl of the Golden West," "Da Barry," "The Darling of the sion. Gods" and "Adrea" (the last 3 The Registrar: The police! with Luther Long), "Sweet Kitty | huve power to search the effects of Bellairs," "The Return of Peter prisoner and if they find any.

"The thing that can be used in

the Wife," "The Charity "Men and Women” (the last A

Ball Refused. (Continued from Page 1) with De Mille), "Vun der Decken," On the question of bail,

Mr. "Mayblossom," The

Senator's Brown said that he would oppose pakies with which he was un-Wife." nected in his early days--the total Younger Naughty Anthony" "The it unless it were on a most sub-

Oak,"

"Our stantial basis.

past dentings The

Hightest Bidder," coming to over 200, Dying to his

The

with Mr. Christie do not induce mistery of stagecraft he was Governor's Lady" (with Atlee us to trust him very fur," he said, eminently successful as a pro-Bradley). "The Music Master" "and as about $28,000 is involved dicer and stage director. He (with C. Klein), "Timothy" (with I do not think bail should be grant- presented

among allery the W. J. Hurlbut), produced in Lon-ed at all.” famous E. H. Sothern, Blanche don, and "Zaza" and "The Lily," Bail was accordingly refused and Bates and David Warfield and was adapted from the French. His Mr. Christie Was remanded to manager for Mrs. Leslie Carter recent productions included Amoy Road Gaol. He was inform- for 16 years.

"Kiki," "The Comedian," "Cantryed that the police would attend to His plays included "The Heart Dutch" and "Salvage."--Reuter his requirements in as far as of Maryland." "Mme Butterly," and L.B.S.

change of clothes was concerned.

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